2025-26 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

James Harden will sign a $60 million, 2-year contract with Cleveland (Jake Fisher)
The amount of Harden's expected contract has become known.
According to insider Jake Fisher, it is expected that James Harden will waive his $42.3 million player option and sign a new two-year contract
so LeBron is staying?

 

We were 29th in rim protection last season.
We have to improve our Center position. Ayton is fine as a backup.

 

I don't think you're getting the point - Suggs is clearly a better player but his salary is is also much bigger - he's going to take up 18-20% of your cap. at 25-30 million a pop you want more than a guy who frankly his older comp in Marcus Smart outplayed him this year in the playoffs.

Yes it's one off but this is a big risk for the Lakers - it not a no-brainer by any stretch. Could work out great if the playoffs was an aberration but there is a strong chance that you get a player who hinders a Luka led offense in the playoffs. Luka passing to 3 point shooters is a key part to fully use his talent and if Suggs should like he did this season, JJ is going to be forced into some tough and awkward decisions

 

Sure, I was just commenting on the comparison of Suggs' offense to Vando. I agree there's risk to it, but Suggs' career three-point percentage is the exact same as Derrick Jones Jr. And DJJ's three-point percentage started to trend up as soon as he started playing with Luka. I think Suggs is a worth-while risk because you know what you get from him defensively. When he's healthy (that's another thing), he's one of the best defensive guards in the game. You just have to hope that an improvement in shot quality (taking spot-up jump shots off of Luka and Austin actions is a lot different than spotting up off of Paolo and Franz) stabilizes his shooting a bit.